Articles published on Monday, May 16, 2016
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Guyana Jaguars left-hander, Leon Johnson, is among 14 players invited to a special camp designed to help batsmen improve their technique against spin, ahead of the upcoming Test series against India and Pakistan.
The company, that will build, own and operate, the Waste-to-Energy Plant, that is proposed for the Haags Bosch Sanitary Landfill, behind, Eccles, East Bank Demerara, could get Cabinet’s go-ahead, as early as the next two weeks.
About 2000h. last night, the police say that salesman Safraz Bacchus, 31 years, of Port Mourant, Corentyne, was in his home which is under repairs, when shots were discharged at him.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Bowling legend Sir Curtly Ambrose says he is shocked by his sacking as West Indies bowling consultant, and also claimed he was blindsided by the decision.
The police say that investigations are being conducted into a fatal accident that occurred about 2115h yesterday on the Sisters Public Road, WBD, and which resulted in the death of pedal cyclist Devon Sealey, 10 years, of Sisters Village.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia captain Steven Smith and his team have been warned about risks associated with the Zika virus ahead of their tour of the West Indies next month.
One year after the historic APNU+AFC coalition ended the 22-year PPP/C grip on the presidency, a rash of controversies has raised doubts about the David Granger’s administration stated commitment to good governance while there are also growing questions about its plans for the limp economy.
A Sophia pensioner was fatally stabbed by his cousin following a heated argument during a drinking spree on Saturday night at the Lodge Housing Scheme.
It would be unprecedented for a PPP Congress to be postponed except if an issue of national importance gets in the way, former PPP stalwart Ralph Ramkarran has said, adding that Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo and General Secretary Clement Rohee may not be keen on it being held this year.
The death toll from the horrific Richmond, Essequibo Coast vehicular smash-up has risen to four with a young police recruit succumbing to his injuries early yesterday.
The police will be seeking advice today from the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions before instituting charges against the six suspects in Thursday’s murder of Professor Perry Mars.
President David Granger on Saturday called for a broader national effort in the fight against vector- borne diseases such as zika, malaria, filariasis, chikungunya and dengue.
Dear Editor, Implicit in the initial comments of His Excellency, President David Granger, when he received the Report of the COI into the Public Service last Friday, was his apparently strong preference for Performance Related Pay as opposed to across-the-board increases.
Dear Editor, The Public Service Commission of Inquiry has submitted its report to President David Granger.
Most of the weapons found in Saturday’s police raid at the Camp Street Prison were made from debris after the March 3rd riot and fire at the penal facility, Director of Prisons Carl Graham says.
Residents of Little Diamond, East Bank Demerara have had to endure sporadic flooding over the past three weeks because the sluice that regulates the water in the area has not been working “The sluice has a problem and they have to replace the door.
Dear Editor, I am pleased that Stabroek News’ columnist Allan Fenty found my poem ‘I Did Not Begin Anew’ both riveting and defiant (May 13, 2016).
Dear Editor, In its continuing efforts at suicide prevention, The Caribbean Voice launched its community outreach and students’ self-esteem workshop in Demerara in April.
A breach in a dam at Strath Campbell, Mahaicony has flooded acres of land and because of the condition of the area heavy vehicles can’t be transported immediately to fix it.
A sizable viewership at the National Stadium in Providence witnessed Canada’s Olympic team outclassed the Golden Jaguars senior unit 5-1 yesterday.
Dear Editor, On Friday 20 May 2016, The Guyana Reparations Committee will hold the main event of its month-long activities for the Caricom International and Regional Youth Reparations Relay and Rally at the Parade Ground (Independence Park) where in 1823 over 200 African Guyanese Freedom Fighters and Martyrs were killed by the British and some of their heads decapitated and placed on poles to be displayed in public at the sea wall for months afterwards as a deterrent.
Orville Hinds, Team Evolution does it again. After two days and 171 miles of intense racing on the roadways, Orville Hinds once again emerged winner of the annual National Sports Commission (NSC) Independence Three-Stage Road Race yesterday.
A Hadfield Street man, who was charged with armed robbery in February, was sentenced by a city magistrate to one year in jail on Friday.
(Reuters) – Andy Murray enjoyed the perfect 29th birthday present yesterday, puncturing Novak Djokovic’s air of dominance by beating the out-of-sorts Serb in straight sets in the final of the Italian Open in Rome.
Tambico McKenzie, one of the men who was allegedly run over by a woman who police say he robbed, maintained his innocence on Friday, while saying that he had enough money to buy anything he wanted.
Dear Editor, A Canada-West Indies conference was held in the month of July 1966 at the Chateau Laurier hotel in Ottawa, Ontario.
Minister of Education Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine recently outlined plans to make sports as well as music an important part of the academic curriculum for schools in Guyana while hinting at school ground restoration projects for schools with grounds and those in areas with grounds close by.
Dear Editor, I understand why we have to beautify our capital city but I simultaneously hear the agonies of the vendors and see their protest not as anti-progress but as a cry for respect and dignity.
Dear Editor, I wish to congratulate our cricketers for performing with distinction against all odds including an illegal, incompetent and discriminating regime that has hijacked our cricket for over seven years during which time there has been no elections.
“You never miss the water till the well runs dry,” is a popular idiom that simply means that oftentimes people are not grateful nor appreciative of something until it is no more.
Dear Editor, Please allow me to express my disgust at the events pertaining to the laying of the Rodney CoI Report in the National Assembly on 12th May 2016.
A Travis Belgrave double-double propelled St. Stanislaus College to a 39-37 win over St.
Defending champions Amelia’s Ward Russians, Team Magics, Wisroc, Silver Bullets and Retrieve Unknowns clinched places in the round of 16 of the Guinness of the Streets in Linden.
Dear Editor, It is sad to learn of the killing of Professor Perry Mars who according to media reports died at the hands of bandits at his Prashad Nagar residence.
SANTO DOMINGO, (Reuters) – Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina was poised to win a second term easily yesterday, with early results showing his record of fast economic growth and social projects swayed voters despite accusations of graft.
Arch erected at Agricola: The Ministry of Public Works yesterday erected a new Independence Arch at the capital city’s boundary at Agricola on the East Bank of Demerara.
Dear Editor, This first year has been an extended honeymoon, promises of the moon, and the sometimes superstitious circumstances surrounding the full moon.
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC – World and Olympic champion Usain Bolt launched his campaign for Rio’s summer Olympics in underwhelming fashion here Saturday night, when he won the 100 metres at the Cayman Invitational.
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Brazil’s interim president, Michel Temer, said in a televised interview yesterday that he hopes to reduce unemployment and bring economic and political calm to Latin America’s biggest country.
Dear Editor, Today is May 13. Australian and South African teams are scheduled to start a series against the West Indies in Guyana on June 3.There
Special guests and invitees at the AIDS Candelight vigil held last evening at the Catholic Life Centre, Brickdam.
– and Regrets by Alfen This is the second instalment of a miniature “series” wherein I recall personal remembrances of pre- and post-May 1966 – and of May 1966 itself of course.
After Shahbaz Nadeem, bowling the first over of the game, got his first two balls to grip and turn, Delhi Daredevils captain Zaheer Khan may have been proud of the move to play an extra spinner.
Dear Editor, President Granger’s three statements on private enterprise are consistent, namely, that “a government job is seductive”, the Chronicle newspaper should revert to private ownership and that private entrepreneurship, not government jobs, is the answer.
CONAKRY, (Reuters) – Guinea will take legal action against watchdog group Global Witness over a report that said Sable Mining Africa Ltd financed President Alpha Conde’s election campaign in 2010, the president said yesteday.
(The Sports Xchange) – Led by 35 points from Kyle Lowry and 28 from fellow guard DeMar DeRozan, the Toronto Raptors beat the Miami Heat 116-89 at home yesterday in the seventh and deciding game of their Eastern Conference semifinal series.
This column had carried several articles on Guyana’s efforts to address the issue of anti-money laundering and the prevention of the financing of terrorism.
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Dear Editor, All Guyanese are now aware that Guyana has gangs of dope addicts, no different from any big North-American city.
By The Caribbean Voice & CADVA with contributions by Clinical psychologist, Dr.
LONDON, CMC – West Indies fast bowler Ravi Rampaul limped out of Surrey’s County Championship contest with Middlesex on the opening day yesterday, raising fears over his availability and adding to the club’s injury crisis.
Republic Bank donates for jubilee steel pan: Minister within the Ministry of Education Nicolette Henry (second left) flanked by a Republic Bank staffer and a representative from the National Music School receiving a cheque on Friday from Republic Bank’s Managing Director Richard Sammy.
In an era of continually eroding standards and the absence of pride and professionalism in so many spheres of life, the late Tony Cozier represented the very best of traditions.
Interviews by Jonelle Fields with photos by David Papannah This week we asked the man and woman in the street about their plans and thoughts on the 50th Independence Anniversary celebrations.
BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombian national police confiscated 8 tonnes of cocaine along the border with Panama, the government said yesterday, in what may be one of the largest seizures in the country in recent years.
